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Shackle Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is FETTER which was last seen in the Telegraph Quick crossword.
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97%6Exact Match!
noun

• a shackle for the ankles or feet

verb

• restrain with fetters

96%5Exact Match!
noun

• a series of things depending on each other as if linked together

• British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)

• (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

• a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

• (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

• anything that acts as a restraint

• a unit of length

• a series of hills or mountains

• a linked or connected series of objects

• a necklace made by stringing objects together

verb

• connect or arrange into a chain by linking

• fasten or secure with chains

95%7Exact Match!
noun

• shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

verb

• confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

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